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OverviewAlthough Japanese universities have relied greatly on information technology to resolve numerous problems, their high expectations are undermined by the lags in implementing that technology. This edited volume argues that lags in IT implementation in Japanese education are created by contradictory and challenging responses of the social environment. If this dialectic can be visualized as having hands, the right would be avidly promoting IT, while the left hand is simultaneously blocking it. The result, of course, is an impasse. The issues central to this stalemate are significant because they point beyond IT implementation and schools, to a broader set of problem areas in Japanese society. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jane M. Bachnik , Ronald E. Anderson , Yoshida Aya , Edwin H. BrumbyPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780739106280ISBN 10: 0739106287 Pages: 364 Publication Date: 10 April 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Part 1 Introduction: Social Challenges to the IT Revolution in Japanese Education Part 2 Reluctant Providers, Hesitant Users: IT Support Services Chapter 3 A Nationwide Assessment of IT Implementation in Higher Education Chapter 4 The Unbearable Lightness of Being an IT Service Provider: A Case Study Chapter 5 No Faculty Service Stations on the Information Highway: A Case Study Chapter 6 Do IT Yourself: Short-circuits in Technical Support Services Chapter 7 Social and Structural Barriers to the IT Revolution in High-Tech Industries Part 8 Open Circuits and Closed Doors: Institutional Barriers Chapter 9 Cyberstructure, Society, and Education in Japan Chapter 10 Barriers to Educational Use of the Internet in a Japanese University Chapter 11 Lessons from a Program to Develop Faculty IT Skills Chapter 12 Developing a University Website: A Webmaster's Perspective Chapter 13 Implementing IT in the ""Perfect Bureaucracy"" Part 14 Pedagogy: More than Technology Chapter 15 Teaching, Learning, and Computing in Japan and the United States Chapter 16 The Significance of Off-line Learning for On-line Projects Chapter 17 On-line Technology Isn't Enough: Transforming the Teacher-Student Learning Process Chapter 18 Three Critical Gaps in Computer Literacy Chapter 19 Technology and the Tyranny of Tradition in Japanese Higher Education Part 20 Conclusion: Technology and the Status Quo: The Paradox of Reform"ReviewsSince Japan has promoted IT more intensively than almost any other country, and is itself a leading producer, it is telling that actual implementation has been slow. Jane Bachnik and her colleagues find the reasons not just in bureaucracy and individual intransigence, but in deeper social contradictions. The analyses in this book not only inform our understanding of IT and of Japanese society, but illuminate the relationship between culture and the pressure for practical change in any context. --Craig Calhoun Since Japan has promoted IT more intensively than almost any other country, and is itself a leading producer, it is telling that actual implementation has been slow. Jane Bachnik and her colleagues find the reasons not just in bureaucracy and individual intransigence, but in deeper social contradictions. The analyses in this book not only inform our understanding of IT and of Japanese society, but illuminate the relationship between culture and the pressure for practical change in any context. --Calhoun, Craig Author InformationJane M. Bachnik is Professor of Anthropology at the National Institute of Multimedia Education in Chiba, Japan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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